Maybe I’ve covered this topic too many times, but isn’t flextime so 2010? Based on what I’ve seen, many if not most lawyers (except for the junior ones) work wherever they want—from home, their kids’ soccer games, the gym. I mean, who the hell cares where you are working so long as you bill, bill, bill.

Well, apparently flextime is still making news—at least, some firms are making it so. Recently, a bunch of firms announced with some fanfare that they are implementing flextime policies as if they just discovered a management marvel. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, followed by Jackson Lewis and Baker McKenzie.